Overbox-cover



H. R. CREWS.

OVERBOX COVER.

APPLICATION FILED mm3; I92I.

1,384,517'. Patented July 12,1921.

W/TNESS kUNITED vSTATES PATENT. OFFRE-@ff HENRYR. cmiws', or ro'TowA Beltonen, nnwannsny;

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To: aZZ w fiom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY R. CnEws,-a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Totowa Borough',l in the county of Passaic` andi State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Over` boX-Covers, of which the following is a specification. e l

This invention relates to concrete and the like over-boxes forburial purposes and par- A ticul arly to covers for such overboXes. Such.

a cover should be made strong and it should also be as light as possible, on account of the fact that a simple form of means for handling it at the time of closing the overbox in the grave is required, and it should be adapted for the forming of a'goo'd seal all around'at `that timek without the necessity for a workman entering the grave to do the workof sealing; it should' further be made with asA little vertical dimension as possible so thatitcan stand edgewise on the overbox until itis tobelowered into closing position thereon and without the grave being widened in order to permit itthusto stand edgewise,"

resting against the side "of the grave. 1 The object'of this invention is to pro-vide a cover for a concrete or thelike burial overboX which shall be substantially flat (that is without the common arching, which increases the vertical dimension of the cover) and yet both light and also strong enough to permanently `carry the weight of the earth filled into the grave above it, and which shall also be adapted to form with the overbox a good seal upon its simply being lowered into covering relation to the overboX and which shall, further, not require any more elaborate means `for positioning it in covering relation to the overbox` than one or l `'of which is about equal to the thickness of the finished cover. Thisstrip a is bent intooblong form and is made endless, preferably Specification of Letters Patent.: Patented l Appiiation fuga April 23, 1921. sriai No. 463,930.

havingitsendsioverla pedk and, riveted together, as at bl It shou d be fairly thick in proportion to its width; thatgis, if,`as is preferable, the strip is l wideit'shouldbei approximately thick. Having this strip as a marginallzwall I provide longitudinal',V

lengths c and transverse lengths d of. 'strap iron and having bent up their ends and hav ing ,arranged the lengths c parallel to and spaced from each other` and the lengths d also parallel toand spaced `from each other and having interwoven the lengths .o vand d" after the manner of a basketweave', I secureV a space between the bottom offthis reinforce-` Vment and a `groove formed in the bottomgof the cover as will be explained. l. l The thus reinforcedstructu-re is then laid ona surface which 1is latfexceptingpffor `a raised` orf upstanding and continuous.beadV of suitable depth and of somewhat'fgreater width than is represented by the thickness of the side and end walls of the overbox, indicated in Fig. 4 by the character f; the

edge thanithe planeof the upper edge of the Y Walla, -butnot `so `lowbut that therewillbe i overall longitudinal dimensions of this con- 1 tinuous bead and the overall transverse dimension thereof are respectively somewhat less than the inside longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the Wall a. Furtherf the bead will have its innerk margin conand the bead are not shown in the drawings, but it is thought that they will be fully understood in view of the `foregoing and on reference to F ig. 4, which showsv in cross section the form ofthe cover that is molded thereon. The wall a is placed on Vsaid sur- Vtinuously beveled. The aforesaid surface face in surroundingand parallel relation to the bead; thereupon a concrete plastic mass is filled into the mold formed by said surface and wall, as indicated at g, the same being beveled olf at its top surface flush with the top edge ofthe wall aand allowed to set v hard.r The resulting product is a slab of concrete having a marginal metal Wall a" equal in depth tothe thickness of the slab and also having the concrete mass therein,

reinforced by ,the skeleton frame c d.` It

is of uniform thickness throughout exceptl box; the centering of the cover with refergroove Vis lined with a layer of pitcher,

cement in plastic form and the cover then lowered into ythe grave andv made to stand on oneofits 'long sides on the overbox, leaningagainst the side of the grave. (When it i is tobe lowered into position on the ,over-j box a'fhookl or khooks in the hands of attendants are made to catchon the marginal v lip which is leftby the Vgrooveso as to support it as Yit-is moved from the upright to the horizontal'positiomand so asto bring thegroove, lined with the pitch Vor cement, into register with the top-edge ofthe over.

ence to the oVerboX is facilitated by the bevel j. Under the weight ofthe cover the pitchor .cement forms a good seal. l.

.'Thefcover islight in weight, because it is a relatively thin slab, and it is strong and well adapted to' support the superimposed 'earth because it isreinforcedby thewall a and skeleton structure cd. It is not adapted to be damaged at-themargin because of the protecting wall a. It can stand in the grave edgewise on the overboX preliminarily to l closing without widening the grave or interfering with the introduction of the casket. The lip formed by the lower edge of wall a and the concrete at i affords ahold tothe hooks when lowering the cover into final position, and if the wall should rust away in time the concrete at i still will remain to protect the pitch or cement e' and keep the cover from lateral displacement in the ground. A j J y Y Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters lPatent is l. An overbox. cover consistingV of aflat slab of concrete, a marginal continuous metal Well surrounding and bearing all around against the concrete and `having its vertical dimension not less than that of said slab, said slab having inits'under side a continu ous groove parallel with said wall and adapted to receive lthe upper edgeof the overbox,and a reinforcing skeleton frame extending from side to side of said wall and embedded in the concrete, saidframe being arranged in a plane nearer the bottom than the top surface of the slab, and the material of the slab intervening between said frame and groove.

metal wall surrounding and bearing all around against the concrete and having its vertical dimensions not less than that ofsaid slab, said slab having` in; its underside a continuous groove parallel with said wall and adapted to receive the upper edge of the box, and the material of the slab intervening between said groove ,andwall allaround.

In testimony whereof-I affix my signature.

\ HENRY R. CREWS.

. y 2. An overboX cover consisting of acat i slab of concrete and a` marginal continuous. 

